5 years ago
A Salina man is facing numerous drug-related charges after a police K-9 helped find drugs inside of a vehicle. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester says that an officer on patrol observed Marquis Richardson operating a Ford F-150 truck at 11th St. and Harsh Ave. at 3:15 p.m., Tuesday. The officer knew that Richardson had a suspended licence ...

5 years ago
The small, rolling vehicle looks a bit like something out of a science fiction film as it moves slowly across a barren patch of land on Kansas State University’s North Agronomy Farm. It rolls on treads similar to an Army tank, but the complicated array of attachments suggests something else. The machine, which measures 2 feet tall ...

5 years ago
An elderly man who is traveling from Iowa to Arizona might be lost and missing somewhere in Kansas. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, a Silver Alert has been issued for 90-year-old James Lewis Larson. Larson last seen in Lawrence on November 13th in a maroon 2017 Ford Edge 4-door hatchback bearing Iowa license plate ASG ...

5 years ago
A crash east of Salina claims the life of a Salina man. Saline County Sheriff's Deputies worked the scene which was in the 1800 block of E. Highway 40. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that the crash happened at 3:54 p.m.  on Tuesday when a 2002 Ford Explorer was driving westbound. The SUV changed lanes to ...

5 years ago
A convicted felon who was arrested with firearms and drugs after fleeing from Salina police will spend 20 years in federal prison. According to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister's office, 42-year-old Jason Briscoe of Minneapolis was convicted during a jury trial in May on one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (count one), one count ...

5 years ago
A Salina man was taken into custody after a department store's staff recognized the thief at the return counter. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 35-year-old Blake Carter was arrested on Monday after loss prevention personnel at Target saw him trying to get a cash refund for an item he allegedly stole two days ...

5 years ago
Tyson Foods is getting ready to reopen its Holcomb plant. An August 9th fire at the plant damaged an important area containing hydraulic and electrical systems. Repair crews have spent the last three months replacing the plant's roof, piping and pumps and installing new wiring and electrical equipment. The plant will start receiving cattle during the first ...

5 years ago
The mother of a swatting victim who was shot and killed by Wichita police is filing a new lawsuit. According to a lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court, Lisa Finch and a former neighbor are accusing four Wichita police officers of a violation of civil rights. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages when officers detained Finch and a ...

5 years ago
Two Kansas students traveled to Taiwan Oct. 26-Nov. 3, 2019, to represent the state as part of a long-standing student exchange program to learn about Taiwan’s agricultural industry and how Kansas agriculture exports benefit both Kansas and Taiwan. The students were selected for the Taiwan Agricultural Youth Exchange Program by the Kansas Department of Agriculture ...

5 years ago
A Salina attorney is among 17 people who are vying to be a Kansas Supreme Court Justice. According to the high court, Five judges and 12 lawyers applied by a noon deadline Monday to fill a Kansas Supreme Court vacancy created by the December 17 retirement of Chief Justice Lawton Nuss. The applicants are: Kristafer R. Ailslieger, ...

5 years ago
Former German and Italian prisoners of war who are buried at a Kansas army post will be remembered.  A wreath-laying ceremony will take place at the Fort Riley post cemetery this week. According to the Army,  the annual ceremony is held in remembrance of the POWs who lived and worked at Fort Riley between 1943 and ...